Big men have a strange role in wrestling. They have to dominate, but no one really wants to see them dominate. They love to see them get "upset" and beaten by the smaller guys. And not just the wee guys like Rey Mysterio, but just the normal sized giants in wrestling, like Cena and Hogan.

Andre was already a bona fide legend by the time that 'Mania II rolled around, and at this point he was pretty much winding down his career. Wrestling in '86 was still a few years off from becoming a athletic spectacle. It had its moments, but Battle Royals like this one tended to be just a bunch of sweaty fat guys punching each other.

There weren't many "spots" going on throughout these old Royals and seeing Andre win the thing, knowing he was going to win the thing going in, was just a big letdown. The big guy who's the "favorite" isn't really supposed to be the actual favorite. At this point, the WWE was just throwing him a bone. A big fat giant bone.

Oh, relevance. When will the WWE ever be able to hold a PPV in L.A. and not try to pretend like they're coming to you "live!" directly from a hooker's a** in heart of Hollywood. Moving pictures! Movie stars! Fat cat producers with cell phones! And this 'Mania wasn't even in L.A., or L.A. county for that matter. It was in "The O.C." In Anaheim.

But let's just pretend that this card was being held in L.A. to keep on topic here. What else was L.A. famous for in 1996? That's right. O.J.! And his White Bronco chase.

Look here. I really liked Goldust Rhodes back when he hit the scene. I like monsters and freaks in wrestling. The best thing ever was when he and Mankind teamed up for that whole summer to form this evil freak duo, and Mankind would hold Goldust's wig and rock back and forth calling it "mommy." I remember going to see Goldust and Mankind face 'Taker and HBK at The Garden.

But this match, well, it wasn't even a match. It was just a running fight that took place over several segments. When it finally did get to the ring it was decent. The whole thing started on a Hollywood "movie set," but then Goldie jumped in his Gold Cadillac and took off…making Piper chase him in his Bronco!

And then the WWF would intermittently cut to the freeway chase going on between Piper and Goldust! See! Reference! The WWF is "with it." They know the "score." They even interrupted the Steve Austin/Savio Vega match to watch this damn freeway chase! In case you, decided to skip that last sentence, here it is again. They interrupted an actual match in progress!!!

After the (Gold)dust had settled, the whole thing wound up leaving an unsettling macho "lets pummel the freaky guy who's different" vibe to it.